diff -Naur a/makefiles/Makefile.linux b/makefiles/Makefile.linux
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2012-01-25 14:13:40.000000000 -0500
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2012-02-22 06:15:45.652523000 -0500
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 endif
 
 %.so: %.o
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $<
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-sqlmansect = 7
\ No newline at end of file
+sqlmansect = 7